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The Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) continues in the east of the country. Effective efforts on the part of Ukraine military have led to a lower rate of assaults from the terrorist side. At the same time, more and more militants are raising the white flag to get closer to checkpoints and open fire against the soldiers manning those posts.

Ukrainian military have liberated three settlements: Zakotne, Stariy Karavan and Druzivka in Luhansk oblast. During the last 24 hours, ATO forces directed targeted attacks against 120 previously scouted terrorist locations, destroying a large number of militants and military equipment. A terrorist camp was destroyed with loss of life in the hundreds according to eye-witness reports.

During the day on July 2, Ukrainian armed forces continued to carry out their battle objectives under the operation to block and destroy terrorists. Andriy Lysenko, spokesperson for the NSC News & Analysis Center, reported the details at the daily NSC briefing.

Dmitriy Tymchuk reports that over the past few hoursa series of Attacks on Ukrainian ATO Forces were fulfilled by terrorists in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.

The atmosphere is Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts remains tense, reports Andriy Lysenko, the spokesman of the NSC News & Analysis Center at the daily briefing

Sensational news regarding the appointment of Volodymyr Prystiuk as head of the Luhansk Oblast State Administration not only shocked the people of Luhansk but first and foremost the soldiers located on the front line.